Zone d'identification
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Nom et localisation du dépôt
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Titre
Date(s)
- 1921-1971 (Création/Production)
Importance matérielle
0.66 cubic feet
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Newton Tennis Gottschall (1893-1979) was a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary to Indonesia and Hawaii. Gottschall was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on April 2, 1893. He received a bachelor of science in education degree from the University of Missouri in 1920 and a bachelor of arts from the University of Missouri in 1921. Gottschall graduated from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1929 and earned an M.A. from Northwestern University in 1930.
Upon arrival in Indonesia in 1920, he began education work. In July 192, he married Charlotte Agnes Swank of Rossville, Indiana. That same year he was received on trial in the Netherlands Indies Mission Conference. In 1923 he was granted full connection and ordained a deacon. In 1925 he was ordained an elder. From 1929-1935 Gottschall was the principal at the Methodist Boys' School in Medan.
Gottschall returned to the United States in 1935 and pastored several churches in Indiana. He was also appointed missionary secretary for the North West Indiana Conference, a position he held from 1940 to 1948. In 1949 Gottschall resumed his missionary activities in Hawaii and remained there until 1955.
Newton Gottschall died on January 26, 1979 at Wesley Manor in Frankfort, Indiana, at the age of 85. He is buried in the Rossville, Indiana Cemetery.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
This collection contains dairies, stereoscopic photographs, correspondence, clippings, bulletins, pamphlets, and publications relating to the work and ministry of Newton Tennis Gottschall. One of the diaries, written while in Indonesia, is from Charlotte Agnes Swank Gottschall.
Mode de classement
Arrangement Series: Correspondence Series: Diaries Series: Manuscripts Series: Methodist Boys' School Series: Newspaper Clippings Series: Church Bulletins Series: Publications Series: Stereoscopic Photographs
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
There are no restrictions regarding this collection.
Accès physique
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.
Langue des documents
- anglais
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Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Additional material on Newton T. Gottschall can be located in the Records of the Methodist Church, Board of Missions Missionary Files Series; and the Records of the United Methodist Church, General Board of Global Ministries, World Division (Accession 1984-022).
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Note générale
When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Newton T. Gottschall Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descript
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Note de l'archiviste
Prepared by Kristen Turner, Associate Archivist
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Methodist Boys' School (Medan) (Sujet)
- Methodist Episcopal Church (Sujet)
- Gottschall, Charlotte (Sujet)